Anna (Taylor) Hunter (1859 - 1928)

Born 4 Apr 1859 in Derry, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 1928 at about age 68 in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Based on the biographical sketch of her husband, Anna was born in 1859. She is the daughter of William Taylor and Margaret McPherson Taylor, and a native of Colerain, County Londonderry, Ireland.^[1] If this biography is correct (which all documents attached are confirming this account), Anna's mother was the sister of Thomas Perry Hunter's mother, Eliza Jane McPherson Hunter.^[2]

Marriage License of Margaret McPherson & William Taylor

According to the 1900 Census, Anna and Thomas Perry, were married 24 years, and had six children.^[3] The children enumerated were:

• Eliza born Nov 1878
• May born July 1881
• Edith born June 1883
• Raymond born Dec 1884
• Lee born Jan 1887
• William born March 1889

By 1920, only 63 year-old Thomas P. Hunter, and 53 year-old Anna J. Hunter remained in the household.^[4]

According to Find A Grave, Anna Jane Hunter died in 1928.^[5]

Children of Thomas P. Hunter born to Anna Taylor were:

1. Eliza J Hunter. (1878 - )
2. Magorie M. Hunter (1881 - )
3. Edith C. Hunter (1883 - )
4. Raymond L. Hunter (1884 - )
5. Lee Hunter (1887 - )
6. William T. Hunter (1889 - )

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy Trails. Contributors. Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties Wisconsin 1891; http://genealogytrails.com/wis/jackson/bios1891one.html; Biographies, citing THOMAS PERRY HUNTER
2. ↑ Church Birth Records; Garvagh, marriages; "Online Irish ancestral Birth, Death and Marriage records for Ireland. Irish Genealogy research center - Irish Family History Foundation"
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, image 24 of 41; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMK6-YMQ : accessed 20 February 2018), Anna Hunter in household of Thomas Hunter, Superior city Ward 2, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67, sheet 12B, 5th of June 1900, family 192, household 716, line 60-68, citing household of Thomas P. Hunter. NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,786.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF2K-7ZC : accessed 4 January 2021), Thomas P Hunter, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 66, sheet 9B, line 94, household 572, family 197, line 94, 95, citing household of Thomas P. Hunter. image 19 of 25. NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1984; FHL microfilm 1,821,984.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images memorial page for Anna Jane Hunter (1859–1928), Find a Grave Memorial no. 65401584; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8). accessed 04 January 2021

• McPherson, Margaret_Taylor, William: Church Birth Records; Garvagh, marriages; "Online Irish ancestral Birth, Death and Marriage records for Ireland. Irish Genealogy research center - Irish Family History Foundation."www.rootsireland.ie

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, image 4 of 12; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN4G-X82 : 24 August 2017), Thomas Hunter, Manchester, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 85, sheet 407D, 4th of June 1880, household 32, line 43-50, citing household of Thomas Hunter, Sheet 408A, image 5 of 12, lien 1-2, citing Taylor. NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1429; FHL microfilm 1,255,429